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Norfolk Country Council has produced ‘A South Norfolk Leisure Cycle Route’ as a guide to all keen cyclists who wish to explore this picturesque area of the county. The route takes you through Burston and includes a stop at The Strike School.

Norfolk County Councils Heritage Walks guide ‘Norfok health, heritage and biodiversity walks’ includes two walks that go through Burston and around the surrounding area. One a long option and the other a short route, both take in the Strike School.

The longest strike in history was not staged by miners but by minors – the children of a small village in Norfolk.

On 1 April, 1914, pupils of the Burston village school, supported by their parents, took to the streets in protest at the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Kitty Higdon. The strike lasted for over 25 years.

The Strike School was built in resistance to the victimisation faced by the Higdon’s for wanting to improve the living conditions of the agricultural labourers’ , and for believing that a decent education was the right of all.

Welcome to the site of the Burston School Strike and its legacy.

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